Gas-analyzing apparatus and process.



Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

2 SHBETS-SHBET 1.

H. C. PARKER. GAS ANALYZNG APPARATUS AND PROCESS. APPLICATION FILED Amm, 1912. 1,057,767.

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GAS ANALYZING APPARATUS AND PROCESS.

APPLIUATloN FILED Anm, 1912.

1,@57,'767. Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

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GAS-ANALYZING APPARATUS Y AND PROCESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1,l 191 3.

Application ledApi-il 5, 1912. Serial No. 688,654.

l'o all 'whom it may concern Be it known thatL I, HENRY C. Palmen, a citizen of the l'nited States, and a resident of l-lolvoke, Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in (las-Analyzing Apparatus and Processes, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention aims to provide for analyzing gases of various sorts. By wa)7 of example, the invention is illustrated as applied to the analvsis'of flue gases to autoniaticall)Y determine and record the percentA age of carbon dioxid therein. This is alcc-omplished by extracting the carbon dioxid (or other constituent or constituents to be determined) sucking the residual gas through a pipe and measuring' the differences in pressure between the atmosphere and the interior of the pipe. This difference in pressure is used to measure a quantity of air which is admitted"to the residual gas and which has a known relation to the volun'ie of the extracted constit-utent. Thus vthe volume or extent of the extracted constituent is measured indirectly b v the volume of air which is admitted. this in turn being measured by t-he'ditlerence in pressure stated,

An apparatus and process embodying the invention will be described more fully in connection with the accompanyingdrawil illustratingr a suitable form of the appa tus. and the features' of novelty expressed in the claims hereinafter. p

Figure l is a longitudinal sect-ion, partly in elevation of the entire apparatus; Fig. .2 is a plan of the same. showing one of the pumps in horizontal section: Figs. and l are crosssections respectively on the linesy SH3 and 4 4 of Fig.l.

Referring now to the embodiment of the invention illustrated, a constant-flow pump A is interposed in a current of the gas'to be analyzed owing through a sampling tube and takes a measured volume (per unit of time) of such gas and discharges it into the upper end of an extracting vessel such as the absorption tank B, in which the carbon dioxid is absorbed. The residual gas from the absorption tank B passes through pipes C and D to a second constant-How pump E which sucks the residual' gas from the pipe C, and discharges it into the waste pipe. A pipe F communicates with the atmosphere vas hereinafter explained so as to admit a quantity o'f air to the pipe D and pump E. The volume of residual gas coming through the pipe C plus the volume of air coming through the pipe F make up the constant volume to which the second pump E is gaged. Supposing the volume passing through the pump E to be the same as that passing through the pump A, then the volume of air sucked through the pipe F would be equal to the constituentof the gas extracted in the tank B. It is only necessary to measure this volume of air and we have immediately the volume of the extracted constituent. ume for which the pump E is gaged be greater or less than the volume for which the pump A is gaged, there will be a constant difference between these two volumes and it is only necessaryto add or subtract this constant difference to or from the volume of air in order to get the volume of constituent extracted. 'In any case, the dilerence between the flow through the two pumps being known, a known relation is .sial'ilished between the volume of the constituent extracted and the volume of air introduced: and by measuring the volume of air the volume ot the constituent will be known. The volume of air is continuously measured and recorded. by means of a sort oU--tube G which is in communication with the air pipe F and is pivoted at H and which carries a pen arm J, the pen of which is in contact with a sheet of record paper K driven by clock work or in any other usual or `suitable manner. The pipe F is conh nectcd at its lower end to a box L provided with depeiuliner vertical partition M for foi-minera seal b v means of water or other liquid N between a chamber O which communicates with the. atmosphere only I,' however, vthe volthrough a small throttling orifice P. and a IUE! ' 'the pipe decreases or increases. Similarly` the pressure communicated through the tube R' to op-eend of tlie'column of liquid S in the Ust'ube increasejipr diminishes and the of liquid, wli' li fmay be mercury, for example. is forcedl 4toward one side lor the other' of the center and causes the tube to tilt to the rightor to the left, carrying the pen arm J with it and makin the record accordingly. The difference tween the pressureson opposite ends ofthe column of liquid Si is the difference between .atrnos` pheri-cpressu're and tliepressure Within the chamber O. This difference in pressure is a measure of the volume of air flowing through the orifice P, Which-'in turn bears a known relation to the volume of the con- A stituent gas extracted in the tank B, A counterwcight T is mounted on the'bottom of the lltube upon a horizontal threaded rodjso-t-hat it caribe adjusted to oneside or the other so as to setthe tube and pen arm in the desired positiori'of adjustment for a given pressure. The volume of the sealing liquid in this circular tube ,may vary to a certain extent in tillingit or through evaporation without altering the adjustment of the pen. The sealed connect-ion ofthe tube to the chamber iii-,which are the pressures 35 to be measured opposes a minimumcf resistance to the swinging of the U-tube and is of great import-ance tothe sfrensitiveness` of the device where slight"diterences in thepressur'e-are to be measured. AFor example,-

in the ordinary analysis of Hue gases for carbon dioxid with this apparatusfthe variations in pressure may be .within a'. maximum -ofA half an` inch ofwater column. vVarioustypes of pumps may be employe 45l-tohsecure the constant f10w1 desired: The pumps illustrated comprise.A a' series ofbuckets U mounted o n a disk V (Figs. 2 and 3) inI casings W. The pumpsA and E are provided respectively with shafts `X and Y extendingthreugh the casing and carryingattheir outer ends worm gears Z 'and-. a-driven lby means of worms b, c on a common shaft d .which is drivemata constant rate from any suitable-:sourceof power by means of a pulley eV and belt f which 65 its other end to the center of the casing may, for example, be driven by an electric' motorso asvto turn the pumps at the rate where it bent to'enter a 'supplement-ary chamber j communicating with the water space in the main casing, but cut olf by the. water from 'communicationAv with the gas bucket abcre the surface of the liquid will be filled with gas. As its open end enters the liquid a certain volume of gas is sealed in the bucket. As the bucket moves down theliquid forces this measured volume of gas upward throughl the tube h and the gas bubbles up into the supplementary chamber j. All the gas passes out of the bucket and tube before the bucket. reaches its lower position. The liquid replaces the gas therein, but as the bucketrises the liquid in turn r-uns out and the bucket is emptied and Six'such buckets are shown in each of the pum-psand this will provide a flow which `is nearly enough continuous formost opj of the first pump'A the gas passes u wardtlirough a tube le to the upper end of t e absorptiOn-.tank B. .This is an air` tight vessel containingbathe plates l. A continuous stream of a suitable liquid for absorbing the carbon dioxid is admitted through a tube m, runs down over the bafties 'and is discharged through a tube 'n at the lower end. into a may be used as the absorption liquid. This can be returned to the pipe m and circulated a number of times before it becomes too weakto absorb the carbon dioxid; after which it may' be drawn off and a fresh supply provided. The circuit for this'liquid is sorarranged as not to admit any air to the tank B. The supplementary chamber j of the second pump E .discharges directly into a waste pipe (not shown).

In connecting the apparatus up to a flue, an openlended or eiforated pipe'called a sion pipe 0 of the lirst pump A of the analyzing apparatus.A The gas, therefore, Hows into the pump A andl through itin a continuous stream, the excess passing out by the pipefp connecting with the main suction fan or flue. y

What. I claim is U l. A gas analyzing apparatus including in combination a circuit for the passage of gas, means for maintaining a constant inflow of gas at. one end' and .a constant outflow at the other end of said circuit, means for removquantity to supply the constant-:out-ow,

air.

A A .gas analyzin'g'apparatus including in space thereof. As the buckets rotate, a

tank. A strong solution of caustic potash sampling tube is paced in the path of the. fine gases 'near the-damper. A pipe line 1s laid from this sampling tube to the admis` ing fromsaid circuit a constituent of said gas which is to benieasured, means for in` troducing air into said circuit in-suliciexit ready to measure out another volume. of gas;

erations. -From the supplementary chamber vand means for measuring said quantity of ,means for extracting combination a circuit for the passage of gas,

ing the drop in pressure between the atmospheric side and the inner side of saidV orifice.

3. A gas analyzing apparatus including in combination a constant-How pump having aninlet communicating with the gas to be analyzed, an absorption tank into which said pum discharges, means in said tank for absor ing -a constituent of said gas which is to be measured, a second constantflow pump having its inlet in communication with said tank for pumping. the residual ,gas out of said tank and driven synchronously" with the firstJ pump, said inlet of the second pump being also in communication with the atmosphere so as to continuousl pump a quantity of air proportional to t e quantity of the constituent a-bsoibed in said tank, and means for measuring said quant-ity of air.

4. A gas analyzing apparatus including in combination a constant-How pump having an inlet communicating with the gas to be analyzed, an absorption tank into which said pump discharges, means in said tank for absorbing a constituent of said gas which is to be measured, a second constantilow pump having its inlet in communication with said tank for pumping the residual gas out of said tank and driven synchronouslylwith the first pump, said inlet of the second pump being also in communication through a small `orifice with the atn'iosphere so as to continuously pump a quantity of air proportional to the quantiq-1 of the constituent absorbed in said tank, and means for recording the drop in i-)ressure between the atmospheric side and the inner side of said orifice.

A gas analyzing apparatus including in combination means for' introducing measured quantities of the gas at a regular rate into a receptacle and passing the gas in a continuous stream' through said receptacle, a constituent' of the 'gas passed through said receptacle. means for introducing air residual gas. a constant quantity. and means for measuringthe air thus introduced. 6. A gas analyzing apparatus including in combination means for taking a measured portion of the gas at a regular rate from a passing current of the gas. 'means for extracting a constituent continuously from such measured portion. means for introducing air suiicient to make. with such meassuiiicicnt to make. with ured portion from which :1i-constituent ha. been extracted, a constantQuantity, and means for measuring the air thus introduced,

T. A gas analyzing apparatus im-hiding in combination means for measuring the gas means for extracting a constituentfrom the gas, means for admitting to the residual gas a qnantit \v of air having a known relation to the volume of the constituent e'xtractethand means foi-measuring the volume of such air.

gas analyzing apparatus including in combination meansl for measuring the gas means for extracting a constituent from the gas. means for drawing air through au orifice at a rate bearing a known relation to the volume of the constituent extracted. and means for utilizing the drop in pres-'sure between the opposite sides of the orifice to measure such volume.

9. The method of analyzing' a gas which consists in measuring the volume ot' the gas extracting a constituent from thegas, admitting to the residual gas a quantity of air having a known relation to the constituent extracted. and measuring thev volume of such' air.

10. The method of analyzing a gas which consists in supplying the gas in measured quantities at a regular rate. extractingr a constituent from the gas, drawing air through an orifice at a rate bearing a known relation to the volume of constituent extracted, and measuring the drop in pressure between the opposite sides of such orifice.

11. The method of analyzing a gas which consists in measuring the volume of the gas extractinga constituent from the gas, introducing air sufiicient to make, with the residual gas, a constant quantity and measuring the air thus introduced.

1'2. The method ot analyzing agus which consists in taking a measured portion of the gas at a-regular rate from a passing current of the gas, extracting a constituent continuousliY from such measui'edportion, introducing air suliicient to make with such measured portion from which a. constituent has beeirextracted. u constant quantity and. measuring the air thus introduced.

1?. The method of analyzing a gas which consists in maintaining a constant intlowof measured quantities of the gas at one end of a circuit and a constant outflow ati-the other end of said circuit, removing fromlsaid circuit a constituent of said gas which is to be measured, introducing air into said circuit in suliicient quantity' to supply the constant outfiow, and measuring said quantity of air.

14. The method of analyzing a gas which consists in maintaining a constant inflow of measured quantities of the gas at one end of a circuit and a constant outiiow at the other end of said cireuit,^removing from is t be measured, introducingvairnto "said si,-ned "my mime in the presence of'two subc'ircut through 'a small orifice in sucient scribi'ng witnesses. l A quantity vto su'pgly the constant Outow, and HENRY C. PARKER.

6 measuimgl the rop in lEneure between the Titnesses.

atmospheric side and t e inner side of said 'Y Mmsxx; L. J Unb, orifice. AnnEsoN L. GREEN. 

